Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Soderberg
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
This was a suit in equity by the Northern Pacific Railway Company against J. A. Soderberg, to enjoin him from working a granite quarry on certain lands claimed by the complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
This is a suit for an injunction to restrain the defendant from working a granite quarry in unsurveyed land, which, when surveyed, will he within the lines of an odd-numbered section within the place limits of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company’s land grant, and to prevent the defendant from removing and selling building stone taken from said quarry. The main question upon which the parties have joined issue is whether the particular subdivision of land within which the quarry is situated is mineral or nonmineral, within the intent and meaning of the act of congress…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Steel v. Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Barden v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Erhardt v. BoaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Heath v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Rogers Locomotive MacHine Works v. American Emigrant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
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